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Star Style

Movie Muse: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

June 9, 2011

By Ellen Freeman

You may not be familiar with the 1964 French musical film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), but you’re sure to recognize the star it skyrocketed to fame. Catharine Deneuve, France’s most successful actress, model, and style icon got her start as the ingenue in this film directed by Jaques Demy, before she…

Ellen Freeman has been contributing to the Fashion Spot since 2010. Since graduating with a degree in comparative literature from Haverford College, her celebrity fashion, wellness, arts and travel writing has appeared in publications including the Matador Network and Philadelphia Weekly. Also a certified yoga instructor, Ellen currently lives in the Japanese countryside—but misses thrift store spelunking in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.